In cooperation with the UI String Quartet Residency Program, CNM presents
The JACK Quartet
Violinists Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman
Violist John Pickford Richards, and Cellist Jay Campbell
Performing works by Guest Composer Marcos Balter
together with
Elliott Carter, Brian Ferneyhough and Amy Williams
Friday, November 17, 2017, at 7:30pm in the Voxman Concert Hall
Program
Chambers [2011/12]
Marcos Balter [b. 1974]
I
II
III
II
III
String Quartet no. 2 [1959]
Elliott Carter [1908-2012]
I-Introduction - Allegro fantastico
II-Cadenza for Viola – Presto scherzando
III-Cadenza for Cello – Andante espressivo
IV-Cadenza for Violin I – Allegro – Conclusion
II-Cadenza for Viola – Presto scherzando
III-Cadenza for Cello – Andante espressivo
IV-Cadenza for Violin I – Allegro – Conclusion
— Intermission —
Dum Transisset [2007]
Brian Ferneyhough[b. 1943]
I-Reliquary
II-Totentanz
III-Shadows
IV-Contrafacta
II-Totentanz
III-Shadows
IV-Contrafacta
Richter Textures [2011]
Amy Williams [b. 1969]
Performers
The recipient of Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award, New Music USA's Trailblazer Award, and the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, JACK has performed to critical acclaim at Carnegie Hall (USA), Lincoln Center (USA), Miller Theatre (USA), Wigmore Hall (United Kingdom), Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (Netherlands), IRCAM (France), Kölner Philharmonie (Germany), the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), La Biennale di Venezia (Italy), Suntory Hall (Japan), Bali Arts Festival (Indonesia), Festival Internacional Cervatino (Mexico), and Teatro Colón (Argentina).
Comprising violinists Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Jay Campbell, JACK is focused on new work, leading them to collaborate with composers John Luther Adams, Chaya Czernowin, Simon Steen-Andersen, Caroline Shaw, Helmut Lachenmann, Steve Reich, Matthias Pintscher, and John Zorn. Upcoming and recent premieres include works by Derek Bermel, Cenk Ergün, Roger Reynolds, Toby Twining, and Georg Friedrich Haas.
JACK operates as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the performance, commissioning, and spread of new string quartet music. Dedicated to education, the quartet spends two weeks each summer teaching at New Music on the Point, a contemporary chamber music festival in Vermont for young performers and composers. JACK has a long-standing relationships with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program, where they teach and collaborate with students each fall, and the Boston University Center for New Music, where they visit each semester. Additionally, the quartet makes regular visits to schools including Columbia University, Harvard University, New York University, Princeton University, Stanford University, and the University of Washington.